Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show

Podcast 473: Spirituality

Straight No Chaser is the place for jazz lovers (and those who will soon be jazz lovers) to enjoy podcasts with their favorite music and artists. Winner of the 2017 JazzTimes Readers' Poll for Best Podcast, your host Jeffrey Siegel will take you inside the world of jazz, from the new releases to the best festiva;s to remembrances of jazz legends.

The
Spring is truly the season of spiritual awakengin and celebration.
Holy week for those of the Christian faith is underway, and the
first night of Passover, the Jewish festival of freedom,
begins Friday evening, just as Good Friday observences
end. The festival of Vaisaki, celebrated by Hindus,
Buddhists and Sikhs is on April 14. Theravada, the New Year
festival for Theravada Buddhists, is celebrated for three days
begining April 4. April 21 begins the Baha'i festival of Ridvan,
and Pagan/Wiccan followers this week commemorate the end of the
Celtic Tree Month Alder and beginning of the Celtic Tree Month of
Willow.

It’s a
blessing when these festivals of many faiths coincide on the
calendar, reminding us of the great similarities and wonderful
differences that make up these faiths. In order to celebrate this
season of spirituality, I offer my annual podcast of jazz with a
spiritual strain running though the tunes in Podcast 472
(previous Podcasts can be found for 2014,
2013,
2011, and
2010), including: